Allie's trip to Costa Rica

Costa Rica!

Time to wake up! It is 5 Am on Tuesday morning. It is a 2 hour long car ride to the Charlotte Douglas Airport.  But on the way we have to pick Joe up from a MacDonald’s in Asheville NC. We arrived at the airport around 7:30 or 8:00am.

Going through security and checking baggage I personally thought was going to be a bear but it turned out not to really be that bad. It took us about an hour for us to get though both and arrive at our gate.  Upon arrival at the gate we all prepared to sit down and have a short wait at the gate. HA.  Ya right we sat at the gate for a good hour, hour and a half before they told us that our flight was having difficulties and that we had been moved to a different plane.  It was quite annoying and we all hurried over to the opposite side of the airport to catch our flight.

Once on the airplane we sat back and relaxed. It was very nice just not doing anything for a change.  Touching down in Costa Rica’s San José was really amazing seeing that I have never been anywhere really outside of the country except Russia.

San Jose Costa Rica was just amazing. The cultures, foods, clothes and other things caught me by surprise seeing that I didn’t really expect for it to have MacDonald’s, Subways and Wendy’s. It was kind of funny to see all of the everyday things that you would see in everyday America. “It’s a very home like feeling.” 

Our first night in Costa was spent getting into the flow of Costa which included checking in the Backpackers hostel and going into the small market s and buying food and just walking around and seeing all of the sights and smells of everyday Costa Rica. 

Then the real fun began. We first went to the mountains of Costa Rica to go Zip lining, horseback riding up the side of a volcano and swimming in the hot pools. My favorite memories from the hot pools was went I was going very slow down the slide to try and make Anna mad and she just slid down the slide after me and we both went flying out the end of the side. It was extremely funny. The other fun thing was sliding down the slides on our knees and going insanely fast it was lots of fun though. I also learned that the pools were heated by the volcano!! It was really, really interesting to learn about.

Next we went down to the Coast of Costa Rica to Surf, Boogie board and just play in the water.  On our first day at the beach we went down to the beach and just played in this little cove like place that was in a national park. It was really fun and I think that everyone really enjoyed just having a chill day at the park.

The next day we went surfing, buggie boarding. It was boat loads of fun and we all had a great time just chilling out and having fun in the waves.

Then we went back to San Joe and then went home and here we are. All in all it was an amazing trip to be a part of and everyone did a great job on the trip! Good Job Guys!

Allie

JK 5th expedition blog

Some of my most memorable moments I had in Costa Rica would probably be zip-lining through the canopy at 60 miles per hour.  The second thing would be going really fast down slides (at like 20 miles per hour) at the Hot Springs at Los Lagos.  The third most memorable moment would most likely be when we went horse-back riding up the side of a volcano. 

          One thing I learned in my time in Costa Rica was that the people of Costa Rica is that their culture is a lot nicer than ours here in the united states of America.  Another thing I learned while I was in Costa Rica would have to be they have really good food such as Chang, which is a juice that looks like fish eggs, and Soda in a Bag, which is what soda was served in at a roadside restaurant we went to. Additional, I learned that Costa Rica has McDonald’s. 

Josh Costa Rica adventure

  The two best things about my trip to Costa Rica Arethe jungle because of the noise of the animals monkeys birds etc. , the beach animals like hermit crabs, birds like birds of paradise, and monkeys again.

The most adventurous things I did were zip lining in a jungle by Volcano Arenal and I saw gibbons, which are very small monkeys. I went horseback riding up an active volcano.

The best things I ate were Flan and Tampico and tamales.

Two things I learned there were Costa Ricans as an ethnic group are very nice generally, and I like jungles.

One thing I'll never forget are monkeys, monkeys, monkeys, monkeys, monkeys, monkeys and monkeys.

peter's costa rica ex

Costa Rica was awesome! We went to San José, La Fortuna, and Manuel Antonio.

In San José, we stayed at a backpackers’ hostel and bought street food. Of course, I GOT A PAT DOWN ON THE FLIGHT IN!!!!! Every time except the flight back to the U.S. in my life I have gotten a pat down.

After San José, we went to La Fortuna. We stayed in cabins right next to Arenal, which is a VOLCANO. We did really fun activities, including riding horses up the volcano, swimming in the hot springs, and ziplining down the volcano. The slides at the hot springs were so fast that at the bottom of the slide, it felt like “Splash! Good morning!” The ziplines had blocks on them to stop you from hitting the tree at the end. “Wham! Good morning!”

Next we went to Manuel Antonio. We went to the beach and went surfing and boogieboarding. I rode in on my back on the boogieboard. THE TRIP WAS AWESOME!!!

Costa Rica expidition Seamus

Costa Rica was amazing, the environment, the culture, and of course the food . One of the dishes we appetized  was at a soda which is pretty much a side of the road  restaurant .We got to select a meat (mine was chicken) then you got fried plantains rice, beans and salad .

The vegetation was amazing it was like National Geographic  amazon expedition .

Our group completed a good amount of school work .For me it was hard to concentrate because I was just distracted .

We went horse back riding which I enjoyed even though most of the time I hate it.

Almost all are group got sick .I think because water and food changes .

In the short run and the long run we had a great time .It was great to speak Spanish again even though I don’t appreciate it as much in Mexico. I’ve learned that other people are as important as me and I’ve learned patience and utter significance of :please, thank you ,your welcome and sorry . 

Sarah Wolfes Blog 4/9/12

Sarah Wolfe’s 4/9/12 Blog

I have so many favorite memories from this semester. During the Florida Keys expedition I had two favorite parts. I loved fishing in the boat with Richard. I had caught three yellow snappers. On our last day at the Keys we went shopping. I really enjoyed watching the street performers.

On the Florida Everglades trip, I enjoyed watching the turtles and dolphins while I was in the canoe. While I was in the canoe Maggie and I got to know each other more.

 The Outer Banks trip was really fun. I enjoyed watching when we went to the Roanoke Festival State Park. I learned a lot about Roanoke and the people that settled there. I was really amazed when the people showed us how they did blacksmith work many years ago.

There were a lot of things that I enjoyed while we were in Costa Rica. My top two favorite parts were horseback riding and going to the beach. I have had so much fun this semester.

Anna's Costa Rica Blog

This expedition we went to Costa Rica. It was a whole lot of fun! We did so much stuff. First we stayed at a backpackers Hostel in San Jose. The night we arrived we went downtown to go shopping at the market and eat at all of the cool places around downtown. 

After that, we went to La Fortuna and stayed at a cabana. We got to go horse back riding up a volcano, zip lining in a rainforest, and we went to a water park at Los Lagos Resort. It was really fun going down the water slides on my knees because we got to go super fast!

Then we went to Manuel Antonio and stayed at the El Mono Azul Hotel. The girls dorm was the biggest. It was a 4 story dorm that people called "The Tower". The boys was only one story. ): We got to go to the beach and swim. We also got to surf and boogie board! It was a lot of fun watching people fall off. That night we went to Kapos and ate dinner and walked around for souvenirs. I got a souvenir for my whole family.

After all of that, we went back to San Jose for our last night of Costa Rica. We got to shop around and it was crazy. We went all over San Jose and it was really fun.

Our Costa Rican expedition was beyond my favorite out of all 5 expeditions that we have been on, it was amazing.

Seamus Walker Autobiography

My birth was very overdue. My mother started to call me Sea (which is pronounced like Shey ) since I can remember.My name is Seamus Walker. I am 13 and live in Mexico and am currently residing in
North Carolina. My hair is short and  light brown. I have an oval shaped head, medium small nose, narrow shaped shoulders, medium sized arms, medium sized torso, medium long legs and huge feet about 11 men's .

My family members are:Mary Walker,  Grace Walker, Patrick Farinholt, Karin Margolis, Abby Marglis, Nicki Margolis, Max Margolis, Jennifer Margolis. My mother (Mary Walker) is one of the kindest and most patient people I know, not just with my family but with others almost all the time. My sister is sarcastic and loves gymnastics  and excels at it. My dad (Patrick) and step mom (Karen) teach and eat almost all organic food.My mother is one of the most important people in my life. She's the one who got me to "SOAR". My sister is also one of  the most important people in my family well because she's my sister.

 Some of my favorite things to do are: hang with friends, eat great food and just regular food, go to movies, mountain biking, swimming, playing video games (but not too many of course),etc. These activities sometimes have been painful and really fun. My life so far is good partly because I am going to "SOAR" I don't want to go into the past and don't have any real idea for the future.

BLOG (anna)

This expedition, we worked super extra hard on our teamwork. We decided that instead of arguing like our previous expeditions, that we would get stuff done. 

We improved so much stuff using teamwork. We could meet deadlines, and we were a lot more timely. We barely wasted time. By the end of the week, we could go a full clean up process without staff to guide us. We also improved a lot on P.T. We got our runs done in less than 6 minutes!

Another thing that we did as a team was have fun. We included everyone in what we did. There wasn't one time that I can think of when we excluded people. It is true that you have more fun with more people. 

I will continue to encourage our team to carry on this tradition as our transition to base.

OUTER BANKS PICTURES:

There were wild peacocks!

There were wild peacocks!

Us on the sand dune.

Climbing up the GIANT sand dune!

Silloit.

Cheerleading.

Cartwheel.

Skim boarding!

Cool photography photo I decided to do.

Dan sleeping, shhhh.

Chris's hammock.

Breakfast timeee.

"I <3 your heart".

Peter and Seamu studying.

JK’s processing blog

In this blog I will be talking about frustration.  It will be kind of like a processing blog; well I guess that it really is is it not.

Some things that are frustrating to me are, 1: When people make high pitch noises.  2: When people are rude or disrespectful to me or others.  3: When people ask the same question over and over again.

Frustration causes several different things.  One of these things being irritability. Personally irritability makes me snap at people easily and it also makes me kind of angry.

When people make high pitch noises it really hurts my ears and it also makes me really angry.  It also makes me really mad when people are rude or disrespectful to me, others, or authority figures.  Another example of something that people do to make me angry, mad, and annoyed is ask the same question or say the same sentence or phrase over and over and OVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!

In conclusion I have quite a few things that frustrate me.  This is like a drop of water in the Pacific Ocean or an air molecule in the atmosphere for example.  That is basically what I shared with all of you compared to all of the rest of my frustrations.  =?{3E))))

Good bye, I love you all, love JK.

josh obx

 For months away from my parents

is hard. Especially at age 13 and when you have a nice family. As you can tell, I am talking about some challenges and characteristics I have. The second hardship I faced was a six-day canoe trip in the Everglades I achieved this challenge with sheer effort and willpower.      Another hardship is the morning run sometimes on mountainous terrain sometimes on flat terrain. Especially when it's cold or hot.

This I overcame this with help from staff and friends.

These are some positive characteristics I’ve brought to soar. The first is a cool attitude and collected head. This has given me the ability to calm down quickly. The second trait is endurance. Example: I’ve endured a lot of hard situations. I’ll list the minor ones. Cleaning the cabin or van. These are the positive characteristics and challenges I’ve faced at soar.

Sarah Wolfe's Blog Prompt 5 3/16/12

Sarah Wolfe’s Blog Prompt 5 3/16/12

During this semester I have been a huge help to the team. Whenever the group started to bicker, I would remind them on what we are trying to earn. It takes some time for the team to either listen or agree with me.

One of the very best things I did to help the team out this expedition, would be reminding them the rules of the full value contract. I reminded the team by sometimes telling them the rules. I also try to let staff handle the situation.

One of the challenges I faced was controlling my frustration. What I did to handle it was to let either yoda or staff handle the situation. It is sometimes hard for me to not to say anything but I know if I get into the conversation it will just get worse. So that’s why I’m glad that I don’t get into very many fights.

When my parents told me that I was becoming a leader for my team, I felt very proud of myself. I feel that I have been really improving this year.   

Peter's OBX blog

When I came to SOAR, I had many traits. These traits have helped me a lot this past expedition. For example, I have kept group morale up by making dumb jokes. You wouldn’t think that impatience would be a good quality to have, but it actually is. It helps get things done more efficiently. It also decreases the amount of time that the group has to start drama. This group has a really bad habit of making mountains out of molehills. 

Another trait which helped me this past expedition is my determination. It helps our timeliness and teamwork. It helps prevent negativity as well.

Another thing about me is that I am very task-oriented. I love the feeling of accomplishment that I get. I also stress out when something needs to be getting done and isn’t

This group has had many challenges, and I think that I have helped a lot to get through them.

Allies Trip to the outer Banks

THE OUTER BANKS!!!

Our trip to the Outer Banks

Hello Everyone, I hope that this blog finds everyone well. For these past few weeks my group has been in the Outer Banks. We played on the dunes of Jockeys Ridge that towered above us and fished on the beach.  I learned about the future and the power behind hope from the Wright brothers. I also learned some of the ideas that NASA has for the future including Airplanes that would be like cruise ships and planes that can go faster than sound.

          I would have to say that is trip was probably one of my favorite trips thus far. My favorite parts were learning about the future aircrafts NASA is going to build and is building.

Another fun thing that we did on this trip was we went to Jockeys Ridge State Park. This is home to some really big sand dunes! It was tons of fun flying kites and running on the dunes.

The wright Brothers museum was amazing and very informational. We learned about how they lied, what their dilemmas were, how they fixed their problems, and what life was like back then.

All in all I personally had a fantastic and amazing time in the gorgeous and beautiful Outer Banks.

JK’s 3rd expedition

On this past expedition, we went to the Everglades.  In the Everglades, we went canoeing, swimming, and saw alligators, maybe some crocodiles too.  We also stayed in a Chickee, which is basically a little platform on stilts above the water.  Maggie kept saying that it was floating but it really wasn’t. There were some items dropped through the cracks of the Chickee, It was kind of funny T.B.H. (to be honest).  It was also kind of sad because we lost one or two tent poles as well. 

Dan forgot ALL of his tent poles and had to use the sticks he found at the camp sites we stayed at.  At the last two or three campsites we stayed at he used some of the paddles.  =?{bàX?{D ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ahhhh my god that’s funny.  Lol.  We have some broken tent poles now. Not going to say why (not because it was me (because it wasn’t) but yeah, pretty much.

In school we learned about the Seminole Indians who were native to the Everglades.  It was a fun subject for me because I’m part Native American Indian. I'm not sure what tribe I am from but I do know that I am not a Seminole.  Eh oh well.  Hey mom, if you could send a letter saying what tribe I’m from that would be great=J.  We saw two bald eagles and several ospreys, one was carrying a cat fish in its talons.

All in all it was a pretty good expedition.  The ospreys, the bald eagles, the alligators and crocodiles, the Chickee, Dan forgetting his tent poles, learning about the Seminole, swimming, getting a good workout from the paddling and just the Everglades in general was a lot of fun at the good times.

Sarah Wolfe's blog 3/1/12

Sarah Wolfe’s Blog 2/28/12

Last year I have learned a lot of things during each expedition. I have learned not to ask for help as  much. Instead I thought about the question in my head and figured out if I should ask or not. Last year whenever I needed help I didn’t say anything until I talked to staff.  So far I’m doing an awesome job this year.

One of the challenges I have had this year was motivating and helping my team out. Even though I am the oldest kid in the group I’m still trying. Most of the time I feel like becoming a leader. I’m learning how to handle some things on my own.

I’m really proud how much I am getting done here at SOAR. I just know that after I’m done here, I’ll be using all the skills and lessons that I have learned while I was here. 

eg jdh

Opportunity of a life time, to the paddle the Everglades in canoes.

The trip was awesome. We really  enjoyed  this trip. This is the account of our memories of the trip…

The first day we travelled 5 miles in canoes with no motors against wind, against tide.

The first day we had a couple problems such as some partners didn't work out so they had to be switched. Someone had a shutdown because they had borderline disregard for human life specifically the members of the group. I will not name names.

It was a ridiculously long day...

We paddled  10 miles which a lot of paddling  in one day.

_{This  trip is  long , in fact   very long . 43 miles and a half is nothing to shake a stick at.}

Pictures from expeditions!

Nikolas blog 2/25/12

Nikos’ blog 2/25/12

I learned many things on this expedition. I learned that not everything is something I need to know about in this group.  I also learned to say out of other peoples business. The most important thing I learned is to just go with the flow and step up when I need to.  This lesson is making me a more helpful part of the group.

First, I learned that not everything is something I need to know about in this group.  For example I need to mind my own business about personal stuff like girl boy stuff and personal issues with others.

 I also learned to stay out of other peoples business.  An example is when AC Anna and allie where having a problem I learned to stay out of it.

I think this is important because it is part of life to not know everything and I feel that I am learning that.

The most important thing I learned is to just go with the flow and step up when I need to.  This lesson is making me a more helpful part of the group.

I’m still making mistakes, but yet I am learning from them. I still miss my family though. But I have learned to deal with most of my homesickness by being funny and forcing myself to laugh and love my life. I also feel way stronger about my team and myself.

We are doing better every day and days go fast at Soar!!!!!!!

Peter's Everglades blog

I have learned a lot here at SOAR. The most important thing that I learned was the need to be silent.

Chris told me that he would buy me a snack if I was completely silent until we started paddling. It was hard, but I did it and got a creme egg as my snack. Now I am better at being quiet and not making people feel as frustrated with me for being loud. Being loud also slows down the team by making everyone want to call a group to make me be quiet.

Being quiet really helps me succeed in life. It also helps others succeed in their daily tasks without being bothered by me. I suggest that everyone take a little bit of quiet time every day to help with success in anything because it helps to gather up thoughts.

Allis Blog for the Everglades!

Hey Everybody! I hope that this blog finds everyone healthy and well. On This trip we all went to the Everglades National Park!! And paddled 4 leagues!! It was totally amazing and incredible to be in such an amazing experience!

On this trip I also learned a lot about myself and who I am (time that I really needed).I learned things that i didn’t even know! Like that I was capable of being such an amazing friend and leader. So basically I learned some new things about myself and also re-learned others.

                For instance one thing that I re-learned was that I am strong and persistent. One example of this was paddling. Sometimes when my body would ache and would get tired. I would just want to give up and just sit in the canoe and just sulk and not move. But then I would realize that that really wouldn’t be fair to my teammates and so I would just keep going put on a smile and make it through another very long day, and try and keep my team positive.

Another thing I learned is that I am very good leader and that I can just step up and pick up all of the slack that the team puts down. An example of that was when everyone  was tired and I just put up the tents and put the stuff together. I worked with members of the group who were going through a hard time and just didn’t want to move and I helped them get back up onto their feet and keep pushing on.

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone in this group for putting up so much effort and doing such an amazing job!! WE are totally better than Outward Bound!  Loves you all very much.

Best Wishes,

Allie Carson Bridges

An Interview with Maggie-by anna

An Interview With Maggie Wiener

Q: What do you enjoy doing outside of SOAR?

A: I enjoy watching movies, fishing, traveling, trivia, exploring Asheville, cooking (pizza’s mostly), ZUMBA/working out with Julie and Ramona, reading, and “tea time”.

Q: All of the students at SOAR have 3 main goals to work towards while they are here. Do you have any goals? If so name a few.

A: I am hoping to become more organized. I would like to travel more. I move around so much that it seems like I don’t have any permanent homes, so I would like to work on creating a home also.

Q: What got you interested in working at SOAR?

A: It’s everything I like doing. Being outdoors, cooking, and adventure! But at the same time it has challenge and purpose.

Q: At SOAR we do wild and crazy trips! Are there any wild and crazy trips that you have been on outside of SOAR?

A: 1- When I was 19 years old, I backpacked Europe with my brother. 2- I studied abroad in Kenya. 3- I worked at a clinic in Uganda. 4- I rebuilt temples in Thailand.

Q: SOAR deals with kids that have learning disabilities. Do you have any learning disabilities? If so, what are they?

A: I can’t read numbers. I can’t tell the difference between a lot of numbers when they are written down.

Q: What’s your favorite meal to eat at SOAR?

A: Trail Pizza!

Q: How do you cope with your anger?

A: Do something else. Channel the anger into doing something productive.

Q: What is a strength you have?

A: On my strength finder my two top ones are adaptability and action. I think I do well being flexible and working with other people. And I do well setting plans in motion.

Q: What are some of your weaknesses?

A: Chaos and inactivity make me really frustrated. Also, keeping my room clean.

Q: How long do you plan to work at SOAR?

A: Until one of my current students becomes my staff partner, then it’s time to retire!!

J.K.'s 2nd x blog 2012

For the last two weeks I was in the Keys.  The Keys are in southern Florida.  In the Keys I fished, got SCUBA certified, snorkeled, tasted hot sauce, and ate a GIANT cookie and ice cream.

I tasted hot sauce at a place in Key West called Peppers.  At Peppers they had the hottest hot sauce in the world.  It costs about $2,000 and if the bottle breaks you have to call hazmat, that’s what they said at least.  It can also leave 3^rd degree burns, or at least that’s what they said.  They also said that it can kill you if you don’t train for it, or if you eat too much.  You also have to sign a waiver to say that if you die from the tiniest little taste it’s not their fault and basically they had nothing to do with it because you basically signed a paper so they could kind of in a way kill you. 

Also in Key West I went to a place called Kermits. 
This is where I had the GIANT cookies and ice cream.  The cookie was as big as my face, literally!!  The ice cream was not as big as the cookie but they were both very VERY good!!  It only took me about two minutes from the time I got them to the time I was finished.  While in Kermits, we tasted the various samples.  There were samples of jelly beans, key lime cookies, and salsa, yes salsa, at an everything key lime store.  I wish I could have eaten the whole time but I had better fish to fry.

The better fish was in SCUBA.  SCUBA stands for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.  My dad used to certify others just like Greg and J.B. did for us.  >=?{[]))))).  J.B. and Greg were awesome.  Sure the things my dad taught me were a little out dated but they were still useful and helpful.

In conclusion, I had a very wonderful time down in the keys.

Allie Key west

Allie Bridges 02-4-2012

Today is Saturday and our first expedition has now come to an conclusion.  We are now headed back to the Base after two weeks in the Florida KeysJ! Life in the Keys was amazing, relaxing and very exciting. <3 Today we woke up a 4AM to make the 16 hour dive back to North Carolina.  It should be better than our drive down here which was a two day trip down. Monday morning we woke up at base and we were in the van by 9AM that morning. 

The first few hours were not very eventful and nothing really happened. Then things started to get interesting in Georgia. Our first incident was that the van popped a tire from running over a nail. We pulled over on the side of the highway and started fooling around and doing some Scuba work. It took Richard 2 hours to return with the van (we were all very happy to see him after wards). The rest of that day went by without any other difficulties. We camped at a very nice camp ground that was on the outskirts of Florida. 

The next morning we woke up at the usual 6AM and did our run and loaded everything back up into the van and started driving again. Everyone was pretty quiet and was occupied with their iPods and books that they had brought with them ( I finished two books in 5 hours J).  Then about 4 hours before we got to our destination all the tires on the boat trailer went flat. J So at 7 o’clock at night we pulled over at a tire place and got new tires. Then we got back on the road. We arrived at Scout Key at about 12AM <3. The counselors had a lot of tired and mad kids setting up tents. J

 The two weeks flew by with the boat, scuba diving and just having a blast.  We went to Bahia Honda State park, The Hemingway house in Key West and Fort Jefferson also in Key West. We had a fabulous time but my all-time favorite was going to the Hemingway house and seeing all of the 6 toed cats and learning that Mr. Hemingway was the first person to build a pool in his house. But the two weeks were up L and the Saturday we were going home. So we went to KEY WEST! We had fun their and watched all of the street performers and bought a lot of snacks and sweets. All in all we had an awesome time. Then Saturday morning we were woken up at 4AM to hit the road back to North Carolina.

The trip back seemed a lot faster than the way down because first, we didn’t have that big old boat to hall around everywhere and nothing bad happened. For the most part we slept. We also caught up on sleep when we weren’t eating or getting mad at each other for getting in our sleeping areas. All in all we slept for more than we were awake until about 11PM, when everyone was asleep but me and Anna, but me and Anna got to have a snack and we got Orange Crush and we got high and started singing to Phineas and Pherb, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lavato and the Cheetah Girls. It was sooo Amazing and fun J . We arrived back in North Carolina about 11:00PM. When we got out of the van there were a couple of gasps because it was so COLD!!!!!!! J . THEN WE WENT TO SSSSSSSSLLLLLLEEEEEEEPPPPPP!!!!!! (not that we really needed it) ;p

Love lots,  Allie C. Bridges

nikos blog for keys 2/4/12

Niko blog 2/4/12

I have learned how to scuba dive.  This has made me a better person in terms of getting away from reality and it is very meditative.  I also learned to control my anger way better. I have seen and learned way more about the ocean because I was in it for around three hours.

Our team continues to grow and get better at working together. The team has grown with our new team member, Allie.  She has been a great addition to the team.  I’m already having an amazing time.  I feel so lucky to be here.  I miss my family I love them so much.  But I do have a nine-person family here too, so I guess I’ll live.

___-_______-_______--______________---______ Niko______--_________-------------________--------___--    

x2 Sarge

My experience on last expedition was cool.

The benefits outweigh the risks.

Soar is awesome no questions asked!!!!

Last is the Florida Keys.

We visited Key West a.k.a. key weird a.k.a. bone key.

We went to the Hemingway House.

 We saw 6 toed cats and a cat graveyard.

Went to a Fort and played.

Fort Zachary Taylor is its name.

It was a fort built in the presidential term of Zachary Taylor.

It was used for a blockade squadron headquarters during the Civil War.

Now it is a historical site.

My experience on last expedition was cool.

 

Last is the Florida Keys.

We visited Key West a.k.a. key weird a.k.a. bone key.

We went to the Hemingway House.

 We saw 6 toed cats and a cat graveyard.

Went to a Fort and played.

Fort Zachary Taylor is its name.

It was a fort built in the presidential term of Zachary Taylor.

It was used for a blockade squadron headquarters during the Civil War.

Now it is a historical site.

My experience on last expedition was cool.

The benefits outweigh the risks.

Soar is awesome no questions asked!!!!

Last is the Florida Keys.

We visited Key West a.k.a. key weird a.k.a. bone key.

We went to the Hemingway House.

 We saw 6 toed cats and a cat graveyard.

Went to a Fort and played.

Fort Zachary Taylor is its name.

It was a fort built in the presidential term of Zachary Taylor.

It was used for a blockade squadron headquarters during the Civil War.

Now it is a historical site.

My experience on last expedition was cool.

The benefits outweigh the risks.

Soar is awesome no questions asked!!!!

Last is the Florida Keys.

We visited Key West a.k.a. key weird a.k.a. bone key.

We went to the Hemingway House.

 We saw 6 toed cats and a cat graveyard.

Went to a Fort and played.

Fort Zachary Taylor is its name.

It was a fort built in the presidential term of Zachary Taylor.

It was used for a blockade squadron headquarters during the Civil War.

Now it is a historical site.

My experience on last expedition was cool.

The benefits outweigh the risks.

Soar is awesome no questions asked!!!!

Last is the Florida Keys.

We visited Key West a.k.a. key weird a.k.a. bone key.

We went to the Hemingway House.

 We saw 6 toed cats and a cat graveyard.

Went to a Fort and played.

Fort Zachary Taylor is its name.

It was a fort built in the presidential term of Zachary Taylor.

It was used for a blockade squadron headquarters during the Civil War.

Now it is a historical site.

My experience on last expedition was cool.

The benefits outweigh the risks.

Soar is awesome no questions asked!!!!

Last is the Florida Keys.

We visited Key West a.k.a. key weird a.k.a. bone key.

We went to the Hemingway House.

 We saw 6 toed cats and a cat graveyard.

Went to a Fort and played.

Fort Zachary Taylor is its name.

It was a fort built in the presidential term of Zachary Taylor.

It was used for a blockade squadron headquarters during the Civil War.

Now it is a historical site.

My experience on last expedition was cool.

The benefits outweigh the risks.

Soar is awesome no questions asked!!!!

Last is the Florida Keys.

We visited Key West a.k.a. key weird a.k.a. bone key.

We went to the Hemingway House.

 We saw 6 toed cats and a cat graveyard.

Went to a Fort and played.

Fort Zachary Taylor is its name.

It was a fort built in the presidential term of Zachary Taylor.

It was used for a blockade squadron headquarters during the Civil War.

Now it is a historical site.

My experience on last expedition was cool.

The benefits outweigh the risks.

Soar is awesome no questions asked!!!!

Last is the Florida Keys.

We visited Key West a.k.a. key weird a.k.a. bone key.

We went to the Hemingway House.

 We saw 6 toed cats and a cat graveyard.

Went to a Fort and played.

Fort Zachary Taylor is its name.

It was a fort built in the presidential term of Zachary Taylor.

It was used for a blockade squadron headquarters during the Civil War.

Now it is a historical site.

My experience on last expedition was cool.

The benefits outweigh the risks.

Soar is awesome no questions asked!!!!

Last is the Florida Keys.

We visited Key West a.k.a. key weird a.k.a. bone key.

We went to the Hemingway House.

 We saw 6 toed cats and a cat graveyard.

Went to a Fort and played.

Fort Zachary Taylor is its name.

It was a fort built in the presidential term of Zachary Taylor.

It was used for a blockade squadron headquarters during the Civil War.

Now it is a historical site.

My experience on last expedition was cool.

The benefits outweigh the risks.

Soar is awesome no questions asked!!!!

Last is the Florida Keys.

We visited Key West a.k.a. key weird a.k.a. bone key.

We went to the Hemingway House.

 We saw 6 toed cats and a cat graveyard.

Went to a Fort and played.

Fort Zachary Taylor is its name.

It was a fort built in the presidential term of Zachary Taylor.

It was used for a blockade squadron headquarters during the Civil War.

Now it is a historical site.